Thursday, July 21, 2011

Increasing the Poor and Unemployed.

Increase the number of poor and unemployed as a result of the economic crisis recovery, which until now has not succeeded as well as the government's economic policies are not populists such as removing subsidies for most people's basic needs, increase in tariffs BMM, electricity, telephone and others, are factors pemacu environmental triggers as well as by the rural poor. These symptoms are also used by speculators in town to work with the rural poor.
For example the flow of illegal teak wood harvested from state forest / industrial meubeldi perhutani to big cities in Java, as a proof in this regard. Increased number of poor and unemployment is expected to increase and accelerate the destruction of forest / environment is getting worse. This is a red light for the future of our generation.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Reforestation and Reclamation of Failed.

Reforestation efforts that have been cleared and reclaimed pit / former quarry mine clearing was minimal results because the process takes decades and funds are not sufficient because many abused. This proves that knowledge and awareness of the importance of environmental protection, both among officials and citizens is very low. Reforestation of forest fires is suspected foul play to fool the reforestation that is not in accordance with (manipulation reforestation).

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Impact of Industrialization.

In the process of industrialization, among others, include the timber industry, housing / real estate and paper industry. These three industries mentioned above require large quantities of wood as raw material. This is the beginning of exploitation of wood in the forests, which involves many people involved in it. Such a huge advantage in the lumber business has attracted many major employers were involved in this field. However, it is very unfortunate because of the difficulty of supervision, many rules in the areas of forest are being violated, which in turn evolved into a kind of "mafia" timber. All this happens because there is a neat network of collusion between businessmen, corrupt bureaucracy and individual security.

Meanwhile, local residents who care about forests menghadapinnya helpless. Further due to the locals who originally cared and loved the forest and has a high moral stance on the environment to be frustrating, and even then some of them are involved in the process of "illegal logging" is. Above-mentioned problem in the administration of the Reform Order today still continues, even more widespread and involve a number of parties more than the New Order era. An abundance of money from illegal logging profits has blinded the eyes of the heart / and the moral elements of the bureaucrats and law enforcement agencies involved for the importance of forests and environmental benefits of sustainable living, for the life of all creatures, especially human generations to come.

Monday, July 18, 2011

WISDOM LOCAL, LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

Natural resources (land and sea) is an asset that plays an important role in the survival of a society both from the aspect of economic, social, legal and political. Natural resources consist of natural resources who can be renewed, such as forests, fisheries, etc., and natural sources that can not be updated, such as oil, coal, natural gas, and others. From the point of consumption of natural resources that can not be renewed must be managed and used wisely. Therefore, in the Constitution of 1945 Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution, which reads, "Earth, water and natural resources contained therein is controlled by the state and used to for the greater prosperity of the people". In its management, among countries with local communities so many conflicts occur, which usually begins with the activity of exploitation and environmental degradation, such as the depletion of forests, destruction of marine commodities due to bombing by the fishermen, and others. Reciprocal relationship between humans and the environment is closely related to the development of a region where everything is done to the environment will influence behind the ecology around them which could mean positive and negative depending on how management is done to maintain the ecological balance. Humans have a responsibility and a major influence on changes in the surrounding environment.

In line with the sustainable management of natural resources is important to be able to develop a style and lifestyle in harmony with the carrying capacity of nature. In this connection the development of technologies that match the needs to absorb energy and increase the carrying capacity of nature to be important.  

The problem is that the international community to develop a capital-intensive technology and labor-saving developed countries in accordance with the conditions which gave birth to many innovations and new technologies. Conversely State third world countries lack the capital and the opportunity to disseminate the technology more harmonious with the environment homeland. Besides, the state of the world competition and the pressure of time encouraging people to pay attention to technology. 

Developments and advances in technology over time is to influence changes and community growth, urbanization, agriculture, economic, social, cultural, and others can not be separated from the growth of cultures within the scope of a State. 

Ecologically, the environment is seen as a system consisting of subsystem-system. In human ecology is also one of the subsystems within ecosystems. Thus man is one of them kesatuanterpadu intertwined with the environment and a functional relationship in such a way. In the functional relationship of man and the environment are interdependent and mutually influence that will eventually affect the ecosystem as a whole. 
o achieve harmony, harmony, and balance is needed between the subsystems of the ecosystem in an integrated management system. As an ecosystem, the environment has a social, cultural, economic and geographic diversity in style and carrying capacity of the different political development especially in developing countries are more focused on economic growth to pursue welfare of the people often bring problems in the field of environment. Environmental problems usually stem from the urge to take advantage of continuous and excessive natural resources without regard to the carrying capacity of these natural resources. To pursue prosperity, natural resources is seen as factors of production to achieve economic development goals, without regard to its impact.
 
This final end of nature in Indonesia undergone many changes in the environment, many calamities such as floods, landslides, animals that attack humans. If the environment is today compared with 20 years ago, there is a very lame, which was once the change of environmental changes such as urban and rural increasingly crowded and dirty, motor vehicles and causing more pollution, more narrow and barren forests, hills also less shade, more hot dry season and rainy season occurs in massive floods. 

Many people claim that the natural essences of environmental damage as far as humans are associated with the activities of modern capitalist industry. Competition in the industry's insistence that the principles of capitalism gave birth to a variety of actions that are out of control in the utilization or processing of natural resources for the needs of industry and in the application of industrial technologies that do not take into consideration the natural conditions. Application of advanced technologies in the industry enables the processing of natural resources in a rapid and extensive. Thus the acceleration occurs in the process of capital accumulation and consumption. This is the logic of capitalism. But that logic comes down tragically on accelerating the tempo of life in total. Capitalism does create material abundance, but behind it there is abundance heavy burden borne by the earth, the ecological damage, which in the long run lead to ecological destruction, and ultimately the destruction of man himself.  

There are two factors happen-dinya environmental degradation, the first cause of the indirect and the second cause of which is direct. Indirect factor is a cause that is very dominant against environmental damage, while a straightforward, limited to the act of government, businesses and locals who exploit the forest / environment excessive pressure needs. The following factors causing indirect. 1. Added Population. Population continues to grow each year requires the provision of a number of requirements for "food, clothing and shelter (house)". Meanwhile, the space where the human face of the earth for a living is not expanding. Expansion of the business field, which in turn leads to excessive exploitation of the environment and or illegal. 2 Government Policy. Some  

government policies that impact negatively on LH. Since 1970, Indonesia's development focused on industrial development based on agricultural development which underpins the industry. New Order government's desire at that time who immediately wanted to make Indonesia as the industrialized countries, has led the poor majority of the population (especially those that do not have enough land) only to be "spectators" of development. Even some of their loss of livelihood as farm laborers and fishermen due to the inclusion of technology in agriculture and fisheries. They are forced to work the land because the country illegally in the coastal areas up to the mountains.

 

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

HISTORY OF zoning regulation (2)


In further developments, zoning regulations aimed at some of the following (Barnett, 1982:61):
Regulate activities that may exist in a zone.
 
Applying withdrawals over a certain height of buildings so that sunlight fell into the street and sidewalk and light and air reaching the inside of the building.
 
Restriction of the buildings in certain zones to the city center into the region's most intensive use of space.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Resistance to the zoning

The case between the Village of Euclid, Ohio against Ambler Realty Co.. (often shortened to Euclid v. Ambler), 272 U.S. 365 (1926).
Ambler objection to Non residential zoning, as the industry wants so that it will generate much more money.
Euclid win: precedent established to support the enactment and enforcement of zoning laws.
In 1926 the Supreme Court ruled that zoning as a right of the states in the USA (through the towns and their county) to be worn on the landowners.

Some zoning laws have also been defeated in several places in the USA, the rules violate the equal protection (equal protection) or a breach of freedom of speech (free speech). Examples of cases in the suburbs billboards in Atlanta - Roswell, Georgia.